YouTube to MP4: How to Download YouTube Videos to HD MP4 Format

There are a lot reasons for wanting to download a video from YouTube, or any number of similar video hosting sites. You may need to reclaim your own content as a back-up, there may be a tutorial you know you’re going to need when your data connection is going to be spotty, and so on.

YouTube Red isn’t an option, because it only works on YouTube and it isn’t even available in the UK. Thankfully there is a solution in the form of WinX YouTube Downloader , which lets you free download YouTube videos in HD MP4 format. The best part, though, is that it’s completely free. There are no bundles, adverts, or hidden fees lurking around.

WinX YouTube Downloader is compatible with over 300 video-hosting sites including YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and Dailymotion, offering a selection of resolutions, file sizes, and formats for you to choose from. The main format, however, is --HD MP4 - a format that is widely accepted by different players and devices - and its compression ensures you get great file sizes without sacrificing video quality.

But rather than making this sound like an over enthusiastic sales pitch we’re going to show you just how easy it is to use this free YouTube Downloader for yourself by taking you through the whole process.

How to download YouTube videos to HD MP4 format

1. Free download WinX YouTube Downloader, install and open it.

Click the appropriate button for your machine’s operating system (Windows 10 and Mac OSX are both supported)

2. Click the large blue button to add YouTube video URL.

3. Paste & analyse the URL of the video that you wish to download.

This window will pop up. In some cases WinX YouTube Downloader will have detected the link in your clipboard and will have it ready for you automatically. If not, paste it into the box and click analyse.

4. Choose a format and resolution.

Once analysed, WinX YouTube Downloader will show you the video you want to download, including running time, plus a number of resolution and formatting options for you to browse.

5. Click “Download” button to start saving YouTube videos offline.

Once you’ve selected the format and resolution the video will be added to your queue. It won’t physically download until you hit the Download button, though, so don’t forget to do that. A few seconds later, this video will be saved on your PC.

Bonus tips:

Free Download YouTube Video in Various Format & Resolution

WinX YouTube downloader defaults to MP4 in the maximum resolution of the video in question, unless you change it in the settings. As you can see in the settings menu (the big gear at the top of the screen) supported video formats are MP4, FLV, WEBM, and 3GP. If you don’t like MP4 you can choose one of the other three as the default.

If you’d rather not have the maximum resolution, you can change that in the settings menu as well. YouTube Downloader supports everything from 144p all the way up to 3072p (better known as 4K). Naturally you can’t download a video in resolution higher than the original.

Free Download YouTube Video in Batches

You can also add multiple videos to your queue to batch download several videos, rather than doing them all one at a time. Better still, if you hit the download button YouTube Downloader will automatically download all the videos in your queue one after the other. So you don’t need to keep coming back to set each download going.

If a song has already been downloaded, it won’t be downloaded twice. Once each download has finished it will open up the folder you originally saved it to. That way you can do with it as you please.

Use WinX YouTube Downloader as a Free Media Player

You can always use WinX YouTube Downloader as a media player instead, if you prefer, just to see that the videos are working properly.

And that’s how everything is done. Nice and easy, right?

If you like the look of how simple everything was, you can free download WinX YouTube Downloader for yourself. As mentioned before it’s totally free, with no adverts, hidden costs, or premium features locked away. And don’t forget it’s not just YouTube, there are over 300 compatible sites for you to choose from.

Meanwhile, you can upgrade to its Deluxe version that enables you to download, convert, compress, edit videos in one go. With the Deluxe version, you can download YouTube video in MP4, MP3, AVI, MOV, FLV formats; convert them for flawless playback on your iPhone, iPad, Android, etc; compress video to reduce file size with highest quality, for example, compress 4K to 1080p, etc

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With 10 years of experience in the industry, Digiarty is now a leader in personal and home-use video audio applications based on Windows and MacOS. It provides fast and easy-to-use Disc to digital software , video converter, online video downloader, 4K video compressor, media player, iPhone file manager, video audio streaming app, etc.